Syrians look for survivors amidst the rubble of a building targeted by a missile in the al-Mashhad neighbourhood of Aleppo on January 7, 2013. The United Nations recently denounced a "proliferation of serious crimes including war crimes" in Syria, as ever more horrifying images and videos emerge from the country.

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A participant from New Zealand flies a large heart shaped kite at the International Kite Festival in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 7, 2012. Kite-flyers from different countries are participating in the day-long festival.

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Husqvarna rider Alessandro Botturi of Italy, falls from his motorcycle during the 3nd stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally from Pisco to Nazca, Peru, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The race finishes in Santiago, Chile, on Jan. 20.

Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt, center, arrives at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Schmidt arrived in the North Korean capital along with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Richardson called the trip to North Korea a private humanitarian visit.

Syrians shout slogans as they rush to the location of a building targeted by a missile in the al-Mashhad neighbourhood of Aleppo on January 7, 2013. The United Nations recently denounced a "proliferation of serious crimes including war crimes" in Syria, as ever more horrifying images and videos emerge from the country.

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The Holly Man, the winter guise of the Green Man, a character from pagan myths and folklore, joins with other actors from the Bankside Mummers group and members of the public in a procession after a folk play in central London on January 6, 2013, in celebration of Twelfth Night, marking the end of the twelve days of winter festivities. Twelfth Night celebrations in the traditional agricultural calendar mark a last chance to make merry before returning to the rigours of work on Plough Monday.

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Indian men stand in steam from milk boiling at a tea stand on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. North India continues to face below average weather conditions with dense fog affecting flights and trains. More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures.

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Bosnian Orthodox Serbs attend Christmas Mass at the Congregational Church of" The Mother of God" in Sarajevo, on January 7, 2013. Dominantly Orthodox Christians, Bosnian Serbs observe the old "Julian" calendar differing from Catholic and secular, "Gregorian" calendar, established in 16th century.

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A picture taken on January 7, 2013 shows a bird flying in front of buildings in the polluted skyline of the Iranian capital Tehran. Air pollution in Tehran has left 4,460 people dead in a year, an Iranian health official said in reports Sunday, with another sounding the alarm over high dose of carcinogens in domestically-made petrol.

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A rainbow is seen in the West Bank Judean desert on January 7, 2013. A stormy weather, including high winds and heavy rainfall, lashed Israel and the Palestinian territories, downing powerlines and trees and causing several injuries.

Photo: Menahem Kahana, AFP/Getty Images

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